Whether you like seaside holidays, tearooms, cycling, walking or climbing mountains there's lots to see and do during caravan holidays in Yorkshire

Treat yourself to afternoon tea in one of Yorkshire's many tearooms

According to the National Caravan Council, Yorkshire is the largest purchaser of new caravans. That's potentially an unsurprising statistic given that Yorkshire is England's largest county. Nonetheless, Yorkshire is also one of the most appealing counties for visiting with a caravan, and there are plenty of excellent caravan sites in Yorkshire.

Split into more manageable chunks, there are four individual 'districts' to Yorkshire: North, South and West Yorkshire plus the East Riding of Yorkshire. These are not just arbitrary governmental boundaries; each area has its own distinct landscape, characteristics and flavour.

South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are predominantly made up of townscapes – an interconnecting web of urban sprawl that really is worth exploring. Visit Wakefield, with its Yorkshire Sculpture Park, for example – and the 9-square mile area between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell. It’s known as the Wakefield Triangle and produces some of the very best rhubarb in Britain. Grown in darkness, picked by candlelight and presented on the tables of top restaurants, you can even go on a rhubarb triangle experience, witnessing for yourself 'The Secret World of the Rhubarb Triangle'!

Perhaps the least known of Yorkshire's districts is the East Riding of Yorkshire. There, you'll find the Yorkshire Wolds, a delightful undulating ridge of chalk hills. The Yorkshire Wolds Way allows walkers to make the most of the countryside, spotting both the Vale of York and the Yorkshire coast all in one. Look out for charming market towns like Market Weighton, Beverley, Pocklington and Driffield. The quartet offers a quiet and relaxing break away from the crowds of visitors to neighbouring York and Hull. Oh and by the way, Sewerby Hall and Gardens, near the seaside town of Bridlington has been voted the Best National Picnic Site before now, should you be keen to spread out a rug for al fresco dining.

Finally, following on from the 2014 success of Yorkshire's Le Grand Départ, as the first stage of the Tour de France, this year sees the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire at the start of May, covering three stages of this strenuous cycle race across the county.

How to get to Yorkshire

The M1 motorway is one of the quickest routes to get to Yorkshire from the south, and it runs as far as Leeds or the A1(M) from the north, which divides the Yorkshire Dales from the North York Moors.

Travelling east-west, the M62 is a useful link from the M6 and the southwest and, further east, also serves the East Riding of Yorkshire. Consideration on the stretch of M62 over the Pennines, and the more northerly A66 cross-Pennines route between the M6 at Penrith and the A1 (Scotch Corner), should be particularly taken during the winter months when, potentially, both roads can be closed at a moment's notice and when blustery. Also when approaching the East Riding of Yorkshire from the south, using the M18 link road between the M1 and M62 cuts out two sides of a triangle.

The A59 links York and Harrogate with the southernmost parts of the Dales, while the A19 is one of the easiest routes to the North York Moors, although caravans are not allowed on the A170 at Sutton Bank; coming from the south, caravans should approach the Moors via the A64 around Malton and A169 through Pickering.

The A171 from Scarborough to Middlesbrough offers one of the best coastal routes, skirting the edge of the North York Moors; again, given its location on high ground, weather conditions can change unpredictably fast in winter.

You'll find rural country lanes to be considerably quieter than in other parts of the country, particularly in the more remote areas of countryside. Only a few minor country roads are best avoided while towing a caravan – routes within the centre of the North York Moors National Park and, in the Yorkshire Dales, avoid the route from Thwaite, Swaledale to High Tan Inn, and the road from Kettlewell to Leyburn. Take care on your way to campsites at Malham owing to tourist traffic during the day – consider phoning ahead to check for the best arrival and departure times for caravans to avoid meeting oncoming traffic along very narrow lanes.